Belmont Building

The Belmont Building at 801-807 Government Street and 600-620 Humboldt Street was built in 1912 by architect Samuel Hoult Horton for the Belmont Ltd., which used it as an office building with retail space on the main floor. The Belmont Building still retains this configuration.

The Belmont Building was built in 1912 by architect Samuel Hoult Horton for the Belmont Ltd., which used it as an office building with retail space on the main floor. The Belmont Building has been used in this configuration throughout its history.

The Belmont Building is credited as Victoria’s first reinforced concrete office building. The original building permit, issued to The Belmont Ltd. by the City of Victoria in March 1912, describes a “new reinforced concrete building”, eight storey, 180 rooms, “purpose: offices and stores” with an estimated construction cost of $400,000.

The Belmont Building was Victoria’s first reinforced concrete building.

Its notable past tenants include The Uplands Ltd., which designed and built the Uplands residential district in Oak Bay, and Robert Pym Butchart (of Butchart Gardens fame) who had an office on the third floor in his role as President of the B.C. Cemet Company.

The Belmont Building’s office space in now primarily occupied by B.C. provincial government offices.